Who would'a thunk it? That one sure slipped by me. Here all this time I've been picturing Orange Grove Charter School in the building I remember being opened in 1963 in West Ashley. Both of my sisters attended it, and I remember my mother's initial complaint that a school built for air conditioning had none. I'm sure that lack was remedied years ago. Even my youngest sister, who still lives west of the Ashley, was surprised to see what I noticed recently.There is a large banner in front of Ron McNair Elementary that announces it is the home of Orange Grove Charter School.
- Uh, why was Ron McNair emptied?
- Uh, why was the building used by Orange Grove for 43 years torn down?
- Um, can we expect that the super scrumptious multi-million-dollar school being built by CCSD as the new Orange Grove Charter will last longer than that (how many million per year will that be)?
- Did Orange Grove know a new building was in the works when it decided to go charter?
- Did the school board hope to kill this charter school by putting a school with a West Ashley population in North Charleston so that its attendance would drop?
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Ron McNair closed several years ago, when the former Ben Tillman homes (located next door) were closed to be replaced with grant-funded Horizon village, no kids, no school needed. Any leftover kids were absorbed by Hursey and Chicora Elementary. Ron McNair was the temporary home of North Charleston Elementary while it was being rebuilt after the fire. Orange Grove Charter is using it as a temporary home (did so all through last year) until their new school is built.
Now that Horizon Village is bringing in new residents, if the population merits it, Ron McNair could return as another elementary school... who knows, that's up to CCSD.
I wonder why McNair wasn't given to North Charleston High School in order to facilitate/expedite its own 25-plus million dollar renovation? NCHS is right around the corner from McNair, and it is a struggling school which hardly can afford to have prolonged construction occurring while the school is still trying to get back on its feet. Once again, the North area, THE tax base for decades for CCSD, gets...well, you know.
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